We were the first class to attend Henderson County High School as Freshmen, and therefore, the first to attend all four years there. We lived in a different world then, when chewing gum in class or wearing jeans without a belt was the big sin. Mr. Johnson put the fear of God in all of us, and oh, by the way, God wasn't outlawed from our schools. There was no need for metal detectors and we didn't wear $100-plus sneakers. Wearing Penny Loafers and Saddle Oxfords was the fad in the fifties. There were three drive-in theaters and two walk-ins in Henderson. The walk-ins were The Kraver and the Kentucky theaters, while the Drive-ins were The Audubon, Hi-Y and The Starlite. The Starlite outlived them all as it was the last to cease operation. Jimmy's Drive In and the Dairy Queen were our favorite hang-outs after the game. Green Gables was kind-of off limits, since the "City High" kids hung out there. And everyone knew that County and City kids just don't mix. We drove our father's old cars and listened to Elvis and the Platters on WJPS on our AM radios (static and all). WSON was the station that we tuned to early in the morning when snow covered the ground to see if we would get an unscheduled holiday. Since there wasn't a car for each of us, we would pile as many people in a car as would fit. Steve Tolbert once had 17 kids in his father's 1956 Buick (and I think there was room for one more). Imagine, if you can, playing "Stoplight" with that many people in the car! Transistor radios "that you could carry with you" hit the scene while we were in high school. WEHT-TV channel 50 introduced black and white televison to us in 1953. We were coming of age.